Top new romance books out this week: 22 Sep - 28 Sep 2024
Last updated:
September 28, 2024
This week featuring new releases by Stephanie Archer, Emily Rath, Raven Kennedy, Abby Jimenez, Leigh Rivers, Sarah J. Maas, Colleen Delany, Lily Mayne, Ally Carter, Brianna Flores, Kerri Maniscalco and many more.
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The Wingman by Stephanie Archer
The best way to gain confidence after years with the wrong guy? Hayden Owens—the hottest defenseman in pro hockey, my confident best friend, and my new dating coach.He’ll teach me to be a player, but convinces me to practice with him.We’ve been friends for years, but our flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship.We’re roommates, but sleeping in the same bed...sports · hockey · friends to lovers · contemporary · humor · new adult · praise-kink · forced proximity · athletes · possessive hero -
Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath
The lines between work and play get deliciously blurred in this red hot, inclusive, super sexy MMF “why choose” hockey romance that set TikTok on fire – now with exclusive bonus content!My name is Poppy St. James and I’ve just landed my dream job as the Director of Public Relations for the NHL’s hottest new team, the Jacksonville Rays... -
Goldfinch by Raven Kennedy
The seductive and thrilling dark fantasy series comes to an end in this powerful finale. With sizzling romance, devastations, and triumphs, this is the epic conclusion to the gilded world of Orea that everyone has been waiting for.If there is ever a choice between her or the world, it's going to be her.One king caged my body.Another has caged my mind...fantasy · fae · fated-mates · magic · high fantasy · dark · new adult · paranormal · from hate to love · found-family -
The Situationship by Abby Jimenez
Find out how Maddy and Doug met in this sweet and hilarious short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Just for the Summer.Travel nurse Maddy doesn't have time for a relationship, not even with the ruggedly handsome farmer who she feels a spark of attraction to.Doug is a walking green flag...new adult · contemporary · m-f · small town · north-america · usa · minnesota · competent heroine · alpha male · cowboys -
Little Liar by Leigh Rivers
Malachi Vize has always had one desire in life. One goal. One deep obsession he could never give up on. His foster sister Olivia. For the first time, she’s chosen him over the entire world, and he intends to keep her in his firm grasp forever – but his happiness is soon shattered by powerful enemies who want to claim Olivia for themselves. He had her. But then he lost her...forbidden love · suspense · erotica · dark · m-f · contemporary · first-person-pov · dual-pov · mental-trauma · past-child-abuse -
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House of Sky and Breath [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, Nick J. Russo
Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. Slow down. Figure out what the future holds.The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing...fantasy · fae · magic · urban fantasy · paranormal · werewolves · shapeshifters · fated-mates · from hate to love · audiobook -
Cheap Heat by Lily Mayne
RafeI really, really don’t like my neighbour.We’ve lived next door to each other for three years, and we couldn’t be more opposite. I’m a quiet, introverted ghoul with a small friend group and a love of true crime podcasts and tabletop role-playing games. Dan Ewen a party boy with an endless string of ‘guests’ who likes to blare country music all night...m-m · humor · queer-awakening · monsters · dual-pov · bisexual · paranormal · queer · first-person-pov · office -
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas.Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan She’s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery.He’s Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy...christmas · mystery · heroine sleuth · contemporary · humor · from hate to love · suspense · m-f · united-kingdom · competent heroine -
Lover Boy by Brianna Flores
Lover boy Cadence Howard is unlucky in love...CadeKissing my best friend was a stupid mistake. It earned me a few good hits to the face by his hulking boyfriend, Sebastian, and I can admit that I deserved that. Agreeing to let my stepbrother move in is another stupid mistake, and every single day since he moved in feels worse than Sebastian's beefy fists.Nicolas Aldana has always hated me...from hate to love · stepsibling · m-m · secret-relationship · forced proximity · college · angst · primal-play · bisexual · self harm -
Throne of Secrets by Kerri Maniscalco
Two rivals torn apart by a dark memory reunite on a deadly hunt—and in an irresistibly twisted fairy tale—in the next steamy standalone fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling sensation Kerri Maniscalco. A wicked prince determined to save his kingdom...fantasy · paranormal · demons · magic · m-f · regency · angst · witches · class difference · political-intrigue -
Knot the One They Want by Harper Lennox
I thought I'd finally found my fairy tale with the Blackwood Pack. Four drop-dead gorgeous and filthy rich alphas, ready to claim me as their own?It was a dream come true.Until I presented myself to them on our mating night and all four of them turned and walked away, leaving me half-marked and completely humiliated.I'm clearly not the one they want... -
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable... -
Trick My Treats: Happy Con-idays by Reese Rivers
It was supposed to be an easy housesitting gig.Kick back in a luxurious Victorian house for a few days. Hand out Halloween candy and score a payday.I wasn’t counting on the home invasion.Everything was going to plan until my last group of trick or treaters were three tall, stacked men wearing masks that barge in and tie me to a chair after a nearby robbery goes wrong... -
Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In by Holly Black, Tessa Gratton, Anna-Marie McLemore, Dhonielle Clayton
Faeries Never Lie, the next young adult collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C...fantasy · young adult · fae · queer · urban fantasy · high fantasy · multicultural · paranormal · length-medium -
The Finest Print by Erin Langston
One sensational love story.American journalist Ethan Fletcher traversed the globe to claim his late uncle’s Fleet Street print shop, only to find his unexpected inheritance is shackled by ruinous debt. To save his business and finally direct his own course, he needs to raise capital, and quickly... -
Never Keep by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
From the Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors of the Zodiac Academy series Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti. The dragons are lost. The elements are at war. Enlisting isn’t optional. And I’m falling for a man who wants me dead. I’m a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month...magic · fantasy · fae · vampires · shapeshifters · m-f · new adult · from hate to love · slow burn · dual-pov -
Flipping the Script by Willow Dixon
JesseAfter years of working my butt off, I’m finally living the life I always wanted. I have a job I love, friends who’ve become family, and I’m enjoying the freedom of being single.Then Sebastian, my childhood rival, moves back to town and my perfect life is thrown into chaos. We’ve always hated each other, but now there’s something else between us...hurt-comfort · from hate to love · queer · m-m · contemporary · bisexual · rockstars · humor · angst · childfree-couple -
The Deepest End of Love by Lisina Coney
She's a rule follower. He's a man who could ruin her reputation.Lila Callaghan has two big problems. She’s been caught in an act of revenge she isn’t proud of, and the man she’s been avoiding for two years is the one who saw everything.Reed Abner is more than a hotshot professor at Lila’s university...age difference · contemporary · erotica · new adult · office · m-f · length-long · dual-pov · boss & employee · forbidden love -
Warlock: Book 1 by Daniel Kensington
On my eighteenth birthday, I got kicked out of my home, mugged in an alley, and killed a guy with my mind ... then things got weird.I expected aging out of the foster care system to be hard...urban fantasy · harems · bdsm · male-pov · fantasy · paranormal · new adult · slow burn · poly · magic -
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A Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone who gave us A Merry Little Meet Cute comes a new holiday rom-com—’tis the season for second chances!What happens when there’s no room at the inn and you and your potentially demonic cat become roommates with your grumpy one-night stand?Part-time adult film actress/one-time adult film...contemporary · christmas · humor · vermont · usa · curvy heroine · rockstars · death · dual-pov · m-f -
Forever Starts Tonight by Karla Sorensen
It’s no secret that I’ve been in love with Jax Cartwright for half my life. A terrible decision, really, and not just because he’s my brother’s best friend or he’s ten years older than me. Thanks to an overprotective family, he’s ignored me for years, but still, I can’t get his grumpy a** out of my head...contemporary · m-f · humor · siblings-bff · cheerful heroine · cold hero · dual-pov · pregnancy · grumpy sunshine · forbidden love -
Masked Sins by Amanda Richardson
“Where pain and pleasure converge … her submission becomes my darkest playground.”OrionAs the youngest Ravage brother, I’ve spent too much time partying and drinking away my life.Now that I’m sober, I’ve learned to channel my need for control. And I share my knowledge online, as a masked persona.The last person I expect to message me is Layla, the daughter of the man my mom married...contemporary · super rich hero · age difference · bdsm · m-f · stepsibling · first-person-pov · dual-pov · friends to lovers · spanking -
Play the Game by S.J. Sylvis
A sexy, marriage-of-convenience, enemies-to-lovers, hockey romance by Amazon Top 50 and USA Today bestselling author, S.J. Sylvis.There's nothing wrong with playing the game - except when you know you're about to lose.As a little girl, I dreamed of becoming many things. A twenty-five-year-old photographer struggling to make ends meet with a mountain of legal fees wasn’t one of them... -
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner
A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afoot in her little town in this cozy fantasy mystery.Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies—and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how many killers she's had to track down in her quaint village. None of her neighbors seem surprised by the rising body count..fantasy · mystery · paranormal · urban fantasy · humor · horror · contemporary · demons · magic · suspense -
Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks
From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change—or even make our peace with—the path we’ve taken.Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather’s military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone . . -
Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change—or even make our peace with—the path we’ve taken.“Sparks is superb at what he does. The setting is postcard perfect. The characters are immensely likable. . . . This is a tidy miracle you can count on... -
A Kiss to Heal by Roxy Collins
I'M AN OMEGA HEALER. DEDICATED AND POWERFUL.Until a healing goes wrong, and I become an enemy of the state.For those of us born with the gift, we work as healers at the most elite military academy in the country. I'm one of the best, until a treatment session with an important senior officer goes wrong, and I do the unthinkable - I take his power for myself... -
The Light in Us by Evelyn Flood
“Welcome to Ink & Quill, Fallon.” Teddy leans back in his chair and grins at me. “This feels like the start of a beautiful friendship.”Fallon wasn’t expecting to land a job at the best publishing house in the city. But Teddy, golden-eyed omega and CEO of Ink & Quill, is strangely insistent that he needs her.And Fallon really needs this job. Any job. More than Teddy could possibly know...omegaverse · reverse harem · poly · office · bisexual · alpha male · possessive hero · m-m · queer · angst -
The Wraith King by Juliette Cross
A brutal, bloody war against the ruthless Wraith King has cost the light fae more than innocent lives. Una Hartstone, Princess of Issos, learns the price the Wraith King demands to end the war once and for all. Her. In exchange for the safety of her people, she agrees to give her life—and her body—to her greatest enemy.Gollaya Verbane is determined to fulfill his destiny and his god’s prophecy...fated-mates · fae · from hate to love · new adult · fantasy · magic · arranged marriage · dark · m-f · length-long -
A Love Most Fatal by Kath Richards
Since she was a girl, Vanessa Morelli has trained for two CEO of Morelli Construction, and more importantly, head of the Morelli Crime Family. So far, it’s going well; business is booming, and the city’s criminals fear and respect her...mafia · contemporary · m-f · forced proximity · dark · humor · first-person-pov · dual-pov · rich heroine · dangerous heroine -
Sinners Retreat by Lauren Biel
All’s fair in murder and mayhemEzraLove isn’t on my mind when I sign up for the yearly Sinners Retreat, but a chance meeting at the airport changes everything.We click right away, and my bond with Kindra only deepens when we discover our mutual love for the most macabre hobbies. But then she brings up her brother’s unsolved murder and her real reason for being here—to find his killer...dark · forced proximity · humor · m-f · suspense · curvy heroine · contemporary · heroine sleuth · dual-pov · first-person-pov -
The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig
This is the story of Hazel, a young healer navigating a ruthless court to save the life of the king, grappling with a pantheon of gods with questionable agendas as she fights for agency and true love in her own life as the goddaughter of none other than Death himself. All gifts come with a price. Hazel Trépas has always known she wasn’t like the rest of her siblings...horror · young adult · fantasy · poor heroine · abuse · past-child-neglect · tortured heroine · gifted heroine · found-family · death -
Sunday Morning by Jewel E. Ann
Her boyfriend’s older brother should be off-limits, but he’s a sinful temptation.Sarah is a preacher’s daughter and a people pleaser. She’s also on the verge of graduating high school and following her dream of singing in Nashville. The only thing standing in her way is that the entire town of Devil’s Head, Missouri, thinks she will marry Matt, the son of the town’s richest rancher... -
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Bull Rush by Maggie Rawdon
Still married.Those words change everything.Now my should-be ex-husband, Ramsey Stockton, the former pro football star turned felon and hero who left this town—and me—behind years ago, is at my door offering me a deal with the devil.If I let him stay and play his wife again for ninety days, he’ll give me a quiet divorce and his family ranch—the one my inn is on... -
Bonding the Band by Melissa Huxley, Lexie Quinn
Rock a bye baby on the…tour bus?I’d just wanted a bit of fun with the beautiful alpha I’d run into at the concert, one night to let off steam, and then we could go our separate ways.I hadn’t known he was a rock superstar.Or that one wild night would leave me bonded and pregnant by an alpha who probably forgot I existed the moment I walked out his door...poly · omegaverse · reverse harem · alpha male · rockstars · forced proximity · pregnancy · m-f-m · first-person-pov · dual-pov -
All I Want Is You by Falon Ballard
Bitter exes. Professional rivals. Just one bed.What could go wrong?Jessica Carrington always wanted her own happily ever after... -
Redeeming by Bella Matthews
From USA Today and Amazon Top 5 Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes a Brother’s Best Friend, Surprise Pregnancy, Spicy Sports Romance. Callen Sinclair has been the bane of my existence since I was six years old. You’d think that would have been my first red flag. I mean... you’d be wrong, but you could think it...from hate to love · sports · new adult · contemporary · m-f · small town · athletes · super rich hero · siblings-bff · football -
Beacon by Claire Kent
It might have taken ten years for Mack to fall apart, but now he has disappeared.He's been the heart of our community since Impact, keeping all of us alive in a hostile, unstable world. Now he's been hurt after fighting one too many battles. He's retreated into a massive, dangerous forest to live on his own, and he won't come out...science fiction · dystopian · post-apocalyptic · military · m-f · survival · north-america · usa · tortured hero · death -
Blood of Dragons by Penelope Barsetti
The Death King betrayed me—so I did the same to him. My time in Talon’s captivity has complicated my feelings. He’s more than a monster that conquered innocent people for his own means. He carries a lethal wound no one can see, a justification for his cruelty. But I have wounds too—wounds that he caused...fantasy · from hate to love · length-medium · m-f · dark · angst · magic · high fantasy · age difference · height-difference -
Wrath of an Exile by Monty Jay
In Ponderosa Springs, this version of Romeo and Juliet isn’t a tragedy. It’s war. Jude Sinclair is West Trinity Falls’ favorite exiled loner. Cocky. Insufferably hot. Family foe. Raised across the tracks in a rival town, he reeks of trouble. Which is the one thing I’ve always had a problem avoiding and now that he’s just down the hall, it’s harder to resist the pull...from hate to love · new adult · suspense · dark · contemporary · angst · m-f · forbidden love · forced proximity · secret-relationship

